Bus plunges into Genting ravine, 33 feared dead

A bus carrying 49 passengers has fallen into a ravine on the road heading down from Genting Highlands earlier this afternoon.

Police have confirmed that its officers are at the site along with Fire and Rescue Department personnel, but do not have any further details.

Malay daily Harian Metro reports that 33 are feared dead while Utusan Malaysia reports that so far 10 bodies have been uncovered by rescue personnal from the wreckage of the bus, while 15 injured have been taken to Hospital Selayang for treatment.

Meanwhile, Ketari assemblyperson Lee Chin Chen, who is at the scene, told Malaysiakini at 5.15pm that rescue workers had rescued 12 people from the wreckage.

According to the Selangor Fire and Rescue Department'sFacebook page, it received a call on the incident at 2.48pm today.

Associated Press (AP) reported earlier that according to a Fire and Rescue personnel, rescue workers were trying to reach the bus that plunged 30 metres into the ravine.

Photographs being widely circulated on Facebook show a yellow bus lying at the bottom of a ravine.

The Star, meanwhile, reported that the accident occurred some 2km from the Chin Swee Cave Temple and traffic in the area had come to a standstill.

There are six people in the Selayang Hospital, three of them in critical condition. There are three hospitals treating the accident victims - Hospital Kuala Lumpur and the Selayang, Sungai Buloh hospitals.

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